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liberation

[lib-uh-rey-shuhn] / ˌlɪb əˈreɪ ʃən /


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Her parents met when they both fought in the long liberation war that saw Eritrea gain independence from Ethiopia in 1993.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

For one side, death meant liberation, however short-term.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

“That’s also the story of Black people when we lean into our liberation, right?”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

After Oleksandrivka’s liberation, Pekaliuk returned home to a destroyed library there.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

I froze, just able to see the hallway and my path to liberation out of the corner of my left eye.

From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan

Indigenous communities - many disenchanted by years of unmet government promises - have long histories of occupations, which they call liberations.

From Reuters ● Sep. 30, 2022

“The Help” relegates the turbulence of the civil-rights era to a chaste backdrop for the vibrant liberations of its affluent housewives.

From The New Yorker ● May 31, 2019

“Notre-Dame is our history, our literature, part of our psyche, the place of all our great events, our epidemics, our wars, our liberations, the epicenter of our lives,” he said.

From Fox News ● Apr. 16, 2019

It keeps the players connected to the liberations of fandom, their feeling of awe inside the music rather than ownership of it.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 24, 2014

Oh, the magnificence of marriage, thought Ingeborg, beating her hands together, the splendour of its liberations!

From The Pastor's Wife by Elizabeth von Arnim




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